Biographical Sketch of August Brockmann, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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August Brockmann.  Just forty-one years ago, in 1840, while the parents
of the subject of this sketch were coming from Germany to the United 
States, Mr. Brockmann was born in the vessel in which they sailed.  They
landed at New Orleans, and then came to Lafayette county, stopping for a
short time in St. Louis.  They arrived in this county in the spring of
1841.  August obtained his education in the German and English schools 
of this county; was raised on a farm.  In 1863 he was united in marriage
to Miss Sophia Oetling, a native of Lafayette county, Missouri.  Seven
children were born to them, five of whom are now living, three daughters
and two sons: Anna, Martha, Emilia, August and Fritz.  In 1868 he purch-
ased the farm upon which he now resides, consisting of 140 acres, situa-
ted three and a half miles south of Concordia.  In 1880 he harvested 
1,500 bushels of wheat from fifty-five acres.  Mr. Brockmann and wife are
members of the Lutheran Church of Concordia.  During the late war he 
enlisted in the enrolled militia; Capt. Brum's company D, under Col.
Neill; was third corporal; was engaged in the fight with the bushwhackers.
He was only two months in active service, the remainder of the time (two
months) lying sick with the typhoid fever.  Postoffice, Concordia.

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